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These are the daily tech headlines for Wednesday, March 18, 2026. JENNIFER I'm Jen Kutter. Instagram will no longer offer encrypting private messages between users beginning May 8, 2026. Meta was previously criticized by child safety groups, Interpol, the FBI and other law enforcement bodies over the encryption, claiming it weakened the ability to keep kids safe online. The Guardian reports the feature is already disabled for Australian users. A Meta spokesperson said the encrypted messaging had low uptake and anyone who wants to keep messaging with end to encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp, sources tell Reuters. Nvidia obtained Beijing's approval to sell its second most powerful AI chips within China, as selective US approval was previously secured and Nvidia is prepping a version of the Groq AI chip to be sold in China. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company's supply chain is getting fired up following the production halt in 2025 due to regulatory issues. Sources say the Grok chip is expected to be available in May. In a court filing on Tuesday, the US Government argues Anthropic's First Amendment rights were not violated by designating the AI developer as a supply chain risk. The filing notes concerns that Anthropic could attempt to disable its technology or preemptively alter the behavior of its model either before or during ongoing warfighting operations. If Anthropic, in its discretion, feels that its corporate red lines are being crossed, Anthropic requests business to resume as usual until the litigation is fully resolved. Judge Rita Lynn, in federal court in San Francisco, will hold a hearing on the matter next Tuesday. Meta emailed Horizon World's users the VR world will no longer be available on Quest VR headsets beginning March 31, 2026, removing it from the Quest store. Perks like avatars, metacredits in world purchases and some digital clothes will also be removed. VR Worlds will be fully shut down on June 15, making the service only available as a mobile platform. Meta told Wired the company plans to continue investments in VR. The 9th U.S. circuit Court of Appeals halted a previous order for Perplexity AI to cease using its Agentix shopping tool on Amazon or while it considers Perplexity's request for a longer pause to last through the complete appeal. Amazon sued perplexity in November 2025, alleging security risks by the AI company covertly accessing Amazon accounts within the Comet browser and disguising automated activity as human browsing. Amazon also stated Perplexity ignored repeated requests to cease these actions. Apple's senior director in charge of home devices, Brian Lynch Lynn, left Apple to join Finnish health technology company Aura, best known for a fitness tracking ring. The move follows repeated launch delays by Apple's Smart Home Devices division, though a smart display is now projected to be available as early as September 2026, with a sensor and tabletop robot planned for 2027. Lynch's new title is senior vice president for hardware engineering. Apple declined to comment earlier this week. Music streaming app Musi's lawsuit against Apple over the app's removal from the app store in 2024 was dismissed with prejudice. US District Judge Yumi Lee in the Northern District of California ruled Apple is permitted to delist apps within the store with or without cause, as laid out in the Apple Developer Program License Agreement. Musey operated by playing music from YouTube while claiming not to use YouTube's API and therefore weren't bound by Google's terms of service for the plat. Musi displayed its own ads, which could be removed for $5.99. Judge Lee also noted a Rule 11 violation by Musi's law firm, asserting a bad faith allegation without factual support, and has been ordered to pay Apple's costs and legal fees related to the sanctions Motion and US retailer GameStop updated the company's Retro console designation list to include the Xbox 360 plus PlayStation 3 and the Wii U. The 360 launched in 2005, the PS3 in 2006 and the Wii U in late 2012. These newly retro consoles can now be traded into GameStop, even if they don't fully work, are missing accessories, or are aesthetically unfortunate as long as they power on. The official statement closes with GameStop would also like to remind the public that while these systems are now officially classified as retro, the they are still very cool and anyone who owned one at launch is absolutely not old for more discussion on the tech news of the day, subscribe to the Daily Tech news show@dailytechnewshow.com where you can also find the show notes and links to every headline. Please remember to rate and review daily tech headlines on your podcast service of choice from everyone here at Daily Tech Headlines. Thanks for listening. Foreign.